C-ARM

MACHINE
MUHAMMAD SADIR KHAN
(2016-BET-BMED-28)

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 C-ARM
C-Arm is a medical imaging
device that is based on X-ray
technology and can be used
flexibly in various ORs within a
clinic. The name is derived
from the C-shaped arm used to
connect the X-ray source and
X-ray detector to one another.

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C-ARM
• C-Arm comprises a generator called as X-Ray
source and an image intensifier of flat panel
detector. It is often used in surgery,
orthopedics, traumatology, vascular surgery
and cardiology for intra-operative imaging.
The device provides high-resolution X-ray
images in real time, allowing the surgeon to
monitor progress at any point during the
surgery.

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 •A C-arm comprises a generator
(X-ray source) and an image
intensifier or flat-panel detector.
HOW DOES A The C-shaped connecting
MOBILE C- element allows movement
horizontally, vertically and around
ARM WORK? the swivel axes, so that X-ray
images of the patient can be
produced from almost any angle.
The generator emits X-rays that
penetrate the patient's body. 4
 •The image intensifier or
detector converts the X-rays
into a visible image that is
displayed on the C-arm
HOW DOES A monitor. The doctor can
MOBILE C- identify and check
ARM WORK? anatomical details on the
image such as blood vessels,
bones, kidney stones and
the position of implants and
instruments at any time.5
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•There are six main basic parts
of C-ARM machine.
• C-ARM X-Ray tube
• C-ARM image intensifier
• C-ARM CCD Camera
• C-ARM High voltage cable
• C-ARM CPU board
• Display and monitor

C-ARM MACHINE
MAIN PARTS:
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C-ARM X-RAY TUBE

•The tube on the C-Arm
machine is used generate
X-rays on you C-Arm and
without it you can not
take images of your
patients.
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Generation of X-rays
THE X-RAYS ARE PRODUCED BY
THE PARTIAL CONVERSION OF
THE KINETIC ENERGY OF HIGHLY
ACCELERATED ELECTRONS INTO
X-RAY PHOTONS. INSIDE THE X-
RAY TUBE (VACUUM-SEALED), A
FILAMENT (CATHODE) IS HEATED
IN ORDER TO EMIT A CLOUD OF
ELECTRONS THAT ARE
ACCELERATED BY HIGH VOLTAGE
APPLIED BETWEEN THE
CATHODE AND THE ANODE
RADIATION SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR C ARM
MACHINE

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C-ARM IMAGE INTENSIFIER
AN X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIER (XRII) IS
AN IMAGE INTENSIFIER THAT
CONVERTS X-RAYS INTO VISIBLE
LIGHT AT HIGHER INTENSITY THAN
MERE FLUORESCENT SCREENS DO.
AN IMAGE INTENSIFIER IS ONE OF
THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF YOUR C-
ARM MACHINE. THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS AND WILL
DEGRADE OVERTIME.
 • The overall function of
an image intensifier is
to convert incident x-
ray photons to light
photons of sufficient
intensity to provide a
viewable image. This
occurs in several
stages. The first is
conversion of x-ray
photons to light
C-ARM IMAGE INTENSIFIER photons by the
input phosphor.
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C-ARM CCD CAMERA
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE
CAMERA (CCD) – A CAMERA
WHICH INCORPORATES A CCD TO
CREATE HIGH-RESOLUTION
IMAGES UNDER A VARIETY OF
LIGHT CONDITIONS. TOGETHER
WITH THE IMAGE INTENSIFIER,
THE TWO COMPONENTS ASSURE
THE QUALITY OF YOUR IMAGES.
 •Both with together make
IMAGE INTENSIFIER a good impact on image
AND CCD CAMERA quality that u see on, and
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part of c-arm.
C-Arm High Voltage
Cables 
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in pl ac e t o a s s u r e go o d
c o nn ec t i on s f o r t w i s t i n g
a nd t ur n i ng t h at t ak e s
p la c e in t h e C - A r m .
T h e s e c ab l e s c a n
d ev e lo p b ad c on n ec t io n s ,
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f a i lu r e s i n y o ur C- A rm
C-Arm CPU
Board

Central Processing Unit

(CPU) can be define as
the brain of your C-Arm.
The parts of the CPU
Board parts can fail
overtime and once it
stops working your C-
Arm won’t be able to
run.
 • Fluoroscopy
• Angiography studies (peripheral, central and cerebral)
• Therapeutic studies (Line placements)
• Cardiac studies
• Orthopedic procedures.

The C-arm systems are commonly used for studies:  

 Fluoroscopy

• Fluoroscopy uses a continuous X-ray beam with a special

machine called a C-arm. The C-arm can be used to rotate
around a person's body to create a sequence of images
that are projected onto a fluorescent screen, or
television-like monitor. ... Still images are also captured
and stored electronically on a computer
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 • Rotational  angiography is a
medical imaging technique based
on x-ray, that allows to acquire CT-
like 3D volumes during hybrid
surgery or during a catheter
intervention using a fixed C-Arm.
The fixed C-Arm thereby rotates
D SA around the patient and acquires a
series of x-ray images that are
then reconstructed through
software algorithms into a 3D
image.Synonyms for rotational
angiography include flat-
panel volume CT and cone-beam C
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Angiography studies (DSA ROOM MAYO HOSP)
DIGITAL
SUBSTRACTI
ON
ANGIOGRAP
HY ROOM
MAYO
HOSPITAL,
LAHORE
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Therapeutic studies

• Therapeutic trials are
ones which enroll
patients and provide a
specific treatment to
the patients to study its
impact on cancer.
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Cardiac study

• C-ARM help us in cardiac

study by taken images and
also show us live study of
heart.

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ORTHOPEDIC
PROCEDURES
Relating to the
branch of medicine
dealing with the
correction of
deformities of bones
or muscles

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C-ARM medical x ray machine for orthopedics
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